The Impact and Social Context of Nutritional Labeling and Its Implications for Consumer Food Choices

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dc.contributor.advisorScotch, Richard
dc.creatorTotskaya, Yulia
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-07T23:08:50Z
dc.date.available2018-08-07T23:08:50Z
dc.date.created2018-05
dc.date.issued2018-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2018
dc.date.updated2018-08-07T23:08:51Z
dc.description.abstractThe rates of obesity, diabetes and other nutrition-related illnesses have been significantly increasing over the last years. Moreover, the relationship has been established between the growing percentage of these problems and the development of the food industry, in particular, restaurants. One of the first significant policy efforts to increase consumers’ awareness and address these issues was made in 2008 in New York City, when restaurant chains were mandated to provide calorie information on their signage. This led to further action across the country, bringing Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, which instructed all the states to fulfill the same requirement. Meanwhile, to support this action and improve overall population health, researchers, health professionals and organizations have been developing different nutritional labeling systems, assessing their effectiveness and simplicity of usage. Current study aims to contribute to this relevant issue by exploring whether nutritional labeling can reduce purchase of unhealthy and high in calories food, and reviewing sociological factors that influence the impact of such labeling.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/5935
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights©2018 The Author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the Eugene McDermott Library. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.
dc.subjectPublic health
dc.subjectFood—Labeling—Law and legislation
dc.subjectConsumer behavior
dc.subjectFood—Caloric content
dc.subjectFood industry and trade
dc.subjectNutrition policy
dc.subjectNutritionally induced diseases
dc.titleThe Impact and Social Context of Nutritional Labeling and Its Implications for Consumer Food Choices
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentApplied Sociology
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Dallas
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMS

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